Waterloo station 1940s short film

[Taunton]

This is a nice high-definition film of Waterloo station life in the 1940s. I presume it's almost all real staff rather than actors. Anyone recognise their grandfather?

Health & Safety would have a fit about some of it nowadays!

http://film.britishcouncil.org/london-terminus

 

[Peter Mugridge]

There's one clip in there, at 3:40, which looks more like Victoria to me?

 

[farleigh]

Great that Taunton. I really enjoyed it.

Thanks for posting

 

[Lucan]

Sounded like The Queen doing the announcements @1:13, or Mrs Thatcher? Some interesting routes on that departure board, like "Leatherhead, Dorking North, ... Horsham, Bookham [and no further]" :did the train divide at Leatherhead just to serve Bookham? Also a train via Surbiton seems to take the junction at Weybridge towards Chertsey, apparently dividing at Weybridge with a portion going on to Portsmouth.

West Weybridge?? Is that now Byfleet and New Haw?

Smoking everywhere I thought fags were hard to get hold of during the war.

 

[L. B. & SNCB]

Fabulous, thank you for posting.

 

[randyrippley]

the public parts of the station didn't look much different in the 1970s

 

[swt_passenger]

West Weybridge?? Is that now Byfleet and New Haw?
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Yes, since 1961 or 62.
There’s supposedly a story of an evening drinking club that had to sink another short on passing through every station starting with a W...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Some interesting routes on that departure board, like "Leatherhead, Dorking North, ... Horsham, Bookham [and no further]" :did the train divide at Leatherhead just to serve Bookham?

Unlikely; I suspect it is an error on the display - perhaps predicting the notoriously amusing Solari boards 50 years ahead of their time!